Hundreds of live-event workers, including sound technicians and stage managers, protested in one of Lisbon's main squares to urge Portugal's government to help during the economic collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic.
12 p.m.: Big 12 Conference moves forward with fall sports including footballAthletes in high-contact sports including football will get three COVID-19 tests per week, officials said.
Officials with the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences said Tuesday they are postponing all sports including football.This year's Masters Tournament will take place without any guests or patrons, Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, said Wednesday. This is likely due to a backlog of cases reported following the tracking system's temporary shutdown. Miami-Dade County has been reporting a range between 1,210 and 1,808 new daily cases over the last week.
Thousands of runners compete in the 43rd Paris Marathon on April 14, 2019, in Paris. More than 60,000 people participated in the 43rd Paris Marathon, including 23,000 foreigners from 145 different countries.Organizers said it would be especially difficult for runners coming from abroad to make it to the event.
Dr. Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, Patricia Wright, executive director of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association and Marie Blistan, president of the New Jersey Education Association, said in a letter Tuesday,"reopening schools for in-person instruction under the current conditions poses too great a risk to the health of students and schools staff.
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